Neurosurgery Team

Sami’s absolute passion is providing care to stroke patients and educating others about stroke care. He has a particular interest in acute ischemic stroke management. He is a vascular neurologist, and a current Neuro-Endovascular Surgery fellow at MUSC. Over the past few years, he has been working on better understanding the challenges associated with mechanical thrombectomy such as cases of intracranial athersclerosis and patients with mild stroke symptoms with LVO. Additionally, he has focused on identifying potential methods to improve Door to Needle time and Door In Door Out over telestroke.

Certifications: ABPN – Neurocritical Care, ABEM – Emergency Medicine, CAST – Neurocritical Care, UCNS – Neurocritical Care
Residency: Emergency Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina
Fellowship: Neurocritical Care at the Medical University of South Carolina
Interests: Acute Neurologic Emergencies, Intracerebral Hemorrhage

Certifications: ABPN – Neurology, UCNS – Neurocritical Care
Residency: Neurology at University of Alabama at Birmingham
Fellowship: Neurocritical Care at University of Pennsylvania
Interests: Neurotrauma, Multimodal Monitoring

Dr. Brandon A. Miller is Associate Professor of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Medical University of South Carolina. His undergraduate research was focused on cerebral ischemia and preconditioning in the laboratory of Dr. Jeff Gidday and Dr. T.S. Park at Washington University in St. Louis. He obtained his MD and PhD at The Ohio State University where we worked with Dr. Jacqueline Bresnahan and Dr. Michael Beattie studying white matter injury in the context of spinal cord injury. During his residency at Emory University, Dr. Miller received an NIH fellowship to study inflammation after subarachnoid hemorrhage and then returned to Washington University for his pediatric neurosurgery fellowship where he developed an interest in intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) and hydrocephalus. Dr. Miller’s independent research career has focused on the microglial response to IVH, and strategies to modify microglial activation state to improve IVH outcomes. Dr. Miller takes great pride in supporting the career development of students and junior faculty members.

Residency: UCSF
Fellowship: Functional Neurosurgery at University of Toronto
Interests: Functional Neurosurgery, Neuromodulation, Motor Control Physiology

Certifications: ABPN – Neurology, Neurocritical Care, UCNS – Neurocritical Care
Residency: Neurology at the Medical University of South Carolina
Fellowship: Neurocritical Care at the Medical University of South Carolina
Interests: Survivorship Outreach, Acute Resuscitation and Shock, Refractory Status Epilepticus, Traumatic Brain Injury, Coma and Disorders of Consciousness

Department of Neurosurgery
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC, U.S.A.

Certifications: ABPN – Neurology, Neurocritical Care, UCNS – Neurocritical Care, ASN – Neurovascular Sonography
Residency: Neurology at the Medical University of South Carolina
Fellowship: Neurocritical Care at Emory University
Interests: Medical Education, Subarachnoid Hemorrhages, and Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome

Residency: University of Linkoping, Karolinska Hospital
Fellowship: Functional Neurosurgery at University of Toronto and University of Arizona
Interests: Functional Neurosurgery

Meredith obtained her undergraduate degree from the University of Alberta in Canada. She then moved to South Africa and completed her MS in anatomy at the University of the Witwatersrand in 2007. Meredith has worked at MUSC since 2008 and is the manager of the clinical research program in the Department of Neurosurgery. She is one of the research coordinators for STAR.